Wind assisted cycling!

[glasgowcyclist]

We Scots have always been an inventive lot.

(warning: contains swearing)


View: https://twitter.com/NickyTay55/status/1390955665083019269?s=20

 

[T4tomo]

guaranteed a tailwind home,,,but I see an issue for anyone trying to get a slip stream off him

 

[byegad]

One imagines that Plod may have some thoughts on that.

 

[I like Skol]

Was shown this earlier in the week.

Completely bonkers, no safety grills but more serious even than that, he isn't wearing a helmet!

 

[Cycleops]

If he wants some wind assistance I'd rely on a good meal at the local Indian rather than that dodgy contraption.

 

[Beebo]

Oh I do enjoy the relaxing sounds of the countryside as you cycle along with a petrol engine strapped to your back.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Oh dear

 

[classic33]

Maybe he's wanting to try a Flyke, but doesn't like being so close to the ground.

 

[Drago]

One imagines that Plod may have some thoughts on that.

I don't think they'd be pleased, but having mulled it over i'm not sure theres much they could do.

If he'd bolted it to the bike, then the bike would become a motor vehicle. Naughty.

However, worn on the back its a means of propulsion, but it isn't a vehicle in its own right, or part of a vehicle. It falls own the cracks between laws, and I cn't think of any applicable laws.

Grasping at straws they might try the catch-all old 'public nuisance' law (never been a copper in scotland, so I don't know if they have that law) but thats desperation measures and I doubt a charge would be forthcoming.

Of course, if he took off then it would become the Civil Aviation Authority's problem.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I’ll bet he wouldn’t suffer from many close passes.

Having said that, I’m still not a big fan...

(IGMC)

 

[Cycleops]

Surely that unguarded fan is dangerous . They could come up with something along the lines of posing a threat to public safety?

 

[Drago]

Leaving aside that its scotland and I never pounded the beat there (I wasnt hard enough) there's no specific law outlawing something for simply being dangerous. Again, were it a motor vehicle and in a dangerous condition or state then there could be applicqble regs there, but it isn't a motor vehicle.

 

[byegad]

Leaving aside that its scotland and I never pounded the beat there (I wasnt hard enough) there's no specific law outlawing something for simply being dangerous. Again, were it a motor vehicle and in a dangerous condition or state then there could be applicqble regs there, but it isn't a motor vehicle.

No law against it? I'm sure I could charge him for 'being in possession of a small brain likely to cause offence'.

 

[I like Skol]

The rider there is missing an opportunity..... Surely this is more suitable for uphill skiing?

 

[davidphilips]

Lol theres no motor or engine actually fitted to the bike so is this still a push bike?
View: https://www.facebook.com/graham.lyle.7/videos/10159437205126763